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Action Verbs
Identify the verb
Verb Phrases
Identify the HV and MV
Linking Verbs
What is the LV and what is being linked?
Linking or Action?
Identify the verb and how it's used
Blast from the Past
100
Jasmine sang her song beautifully.
What is sang?
100
We will practice quite a bit for our show.
What is will practice? Will = HV Practice = MV
100
The bald man is my hero.
What is is? Is links man to hero.
100
Joshua felt tired from the numerous laps in the pool.
What is felt? Felt is the linking verb.
100
Her family's/families guest house accommodates 20 people.
What is family's? It shows that the house belongs to the family.
200
Many students auditioned for the 5th grade play.
What is auditioned?
200
You must memorize all of your lines and song lyrics.
What is must memorize? Must = HV Memorize = MV
200
He was unconcerned about his own safety.
What is was? Was links he to unconcerned.
200
The ten-year-old lasagna in your refrigerator smells disgusting.
What is smells? Smells is the linking verb.
200
After the triplets were born, our house was filled with baby's/babies' cries.
What is babies'? The cries are coming from three children.
300
Josephine dedicated her performance to her family.
What is dedicated?
300
Did you study your lines this weekend?
What is did study? Did = HV Study = MV
300
My parents also felt his goodness.
What is felt? Felt connects parents to goodness.
300
Bobby dreamed of becoming a future scientist.
What is dreamed? Dreamed is the action verb.
300
Do all of your wishes/wishes' come true?
What is wishes? Wishes signals that more than one wish is made.
400
Michael appeared late for his tryouts.
What is appeared?
400
Have you been practicing each night?
What is have been practicing? Have been = HV Practicing = MV
400
The waves were like humungous monsters.
What is were? Were links waves to monsters.
400
With their delicate fingers, Lulu and Stan feel Ralph’s scar.
What is feel? Feel is an action verb.
400
The sound of horses' hoofs/hooves rattled the glass.
What is hooves? The rule states that sometimes an "f" is changed to "v" in the plural form and add "es."
500
The eager students performed and outshined the other children.
What is performed/outshined?
500
We will not fail!
What is will fail? Will = HV Fail = MV
500
I am overly ecstatic at my survival!
What is am? Am links I to ecstatic.
500
The belligerent dog suddenly turned friendly.
What is turned? Turned is a linking verb.
500
You must consider other's/others' feelings before embarrassing them for an easy laugh.
What is others'? The feelings belong to more than one person.